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Where does “hopo” come from?

hopo (Finnish) comes from Finnish höpistä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

hopo (Finnish): nonsense

Definitions

  1. nonsense

Ancestry of “hopo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöpistäto drool, babble
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “hopo”

  • höpinä
  • höpistä
  • höpöttää
  • höpöpuhe
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